ODA graciously thanks everyone who participated in our first major fundraiser, held at the Aquarium of the Pacific on April 11, 2010. We greatly appreciate the wonderful guests and the generous donors who supplied so many awesome items for the silent auction and event production, and we are thrilled to receive so much positive feedback!

Our very special guest of honor was Captain Paul Watson, the legendary Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (www.seashepherd.org). Over 200 people were glued to each word Captain Watson spoke for over 30 minutes about the current plight of the world's oceans, and Sea Shepherd's brave and historic global campaigns to make a real difference on the high seas, as best seen on the hit Animal Planet reality series "Whale Wars". Likewise, we were honored to have SSCS Helicopter Pilot and old friend Chris Aultman join us for the evening and introduce Paul on stage.

Above is a brief slide show from the fundraiser -- more pics and video will be added as soon as possible, as well as a full written account of the evening. If you have any digital pics or video from the event that you'd like to share, please send it to

We'd like to personally thank each and every person who kindly purchased tickets, help spread the word, and donated their valuable time, funds, good and services to help make our Spring 2010 fundraising and awareness event a complete success in all departments. We could not have done it without you!!